The present master's thesis examines the work Kleiner Mann –
was nun?  or Občánku, a co teď?, which was written by the
German author Hans Fallada, from a translatological
perspective. As Fallada, although a popular figure in the
German-speaking world, has become almost forgotten in the Czech
context, several chapters are devoted to his life and work, as
well as to the literary movement Neue Sachlichkeit, within
which he created. Particular attention is also paid to the
historical development of Fallada's reception in the territory
of today's Czech Republic. This is followed by an analysis of
the novel’s composition, a summary of its plot, and a
characterization of its protagonists. The core of the thesis
consists of original translations of selected excerpts,
accompanied by commentaries on a variety of translation-related
phenomena — these take into account both the original text and
the first Czech translation by Evženie Nová and Ivan Olbracht
from 1933. Furthermore, part of the thesis summarizes and
contextualizes the approach of these translators to certain
issues, such as phraseology and the treatment of proper names.